Take a look at these cool homemade Bathtub cakes shared with us by cake decorators from around the world. Along with the birthday cakes here, you’ll also find loads DIY birthday cake-making ideas and how-to tips to inspire your next birthday cake project. Enjoy!
To make this cake it looks like a lot of work but it is actually very easy. To begin with my cake baking tips for the floor is use any type of box cake you like. On this particular cake I used fondant instead frosting. Either way you decide to frost, it is fine. Once … Read more
Rub-a-dub-dub, a new baby boy to love was the theme of this baby shower cake I made for a fellow Special Education Aide at school. All decorative pieces of the cake were made from fondant (duckie, bubbles, soap bar, towel, shampoo bottle, comb and even the faucets)! Sheen on bubbles was achieved with pearl luster painted on multi colored blue … Read more
My little nephew, who was not only a great surprise, was also a great miracle to our family. While my sister was pregnant she had some tests come back not so great, and was sent to a specialist the next day. We later found out she was sent there the next day because it was … Read more
My friend always reads in the bath so thought it was apt for me to make her a bath cake, with that in mind. I first baked 2,9″x13″ rectangle cakes. When they were cool, I shaped the edges to appear like a bath. I used an already prepared vanilla frosting and added some almond flavour … Read more
This was a cake just for my son on his first birthday. I baked a tall, round 5″ cake and frosted it blue. I then added grass on the bottom. I used the “Happy 1st Birthday” from the store around the rim of the cake. On the back, I used the leftover candy ducks that … Read more
This Hot Tub Cake was for a friend who graduated with her master’s. They recently purchased a hot tub and thought that should be my theme. The cake was 2 layers with the top having an area hollowed out. It was covered in fondant that I marbled to match the color of their hot tub. … Read more
My sons 1st birthday party theme was Rubber Ducky. I baked a single layer, 16″ chocolate cake with Bavarian cream filling for the base. Then I baked the 3D Duck ( Wilton ‘s pan) using a yellow pound cake recipe. Unfortunately, the duck didn’t rise 100%, so I chopped him in half and laid him … Read more
I made this bathtub cake for my mums 50th a couple of months ago. I knew what I wanted to do and looked for ideas and tips online before starting. I knew exactly how I wanted it to look and just decorated the cake from my head. To make this cake I used: 1 X … Read more
I made this cake for the baby shower of a friend of mine. I got the idea when I saw a ducky cake pan online, but I did not want to buy the pan, so I made my own duck. The base is two layers from a 9×13″ pan. The soap is a rectangular piece … Read more
I made this Bathtub Birthday Cake for my daughter’s first birthday. She just loves her rubber duckie. This cake was made from two 9×13 cakes made from box mixes. When both cakes were cooled, I positioned one cake on my serving tray and frosted the outside two inches all around the top of the cake. … Read more
I made this cake for my sister in laws baby shower. We were doing a rubber duck theme and this idea just popped into my head. Here are my cake baking tips. For the tub I made four 9×13 cakes (about an inch tall). I layered the first three cakes on top of each other. … Read more
My daughter who was turning two loves babies and bath time so I combined the two themes for a Double Bubble Homemade Baby in a Bath Cake. I made two rectangular cakes from a package and stacked them on top of each other and made sure it was long enough to fit a 9X13 blue … Read more